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MOT View: Leeds can pull off major transfer coup as journo says club offer 'by a mile the best'
Alan Nixon has got a pretty good record when it comes to transfer stories. Leeds United fans are desperately hoping his latest exclusive has got legs.
Nixon reported on Thursday that Leeds have lined up a loan-to-buy deal for Hull’s Jarrod Bowen.
The offer? £3m upfront as a loan fee followed by £12m if Leeds get promoted. If they don’t get promoted? They’ve just paid probably the biggest half-season loan fee in the Championship and Bowen would go back to Hull.
Offer that to a gambling man and they might look at the Leeds form at the moment and think that’s a good spot to take.
It’s certainly a clever offer. It’s not far off what Hull want, which is £20m, and that’s a fee that no one has matched yet.
Nixon himself said on Twitter, “This is not just clever… it is by a mile the best on the table as we speak.’
Bowen has had a great season. He can bought for 20. And no one in at that. It’s mid January. So an offer like this is not just clever … it is by a mile the best on the table as we speak. https://t.co/NtlmQIrV8N
— Alan Nixon (@reluctantnicko) January 16, 2020
He also said he was “quietly impressed” with Leeds director of football Victor Orta for making the offer. He called Orta’s move a “cunning plan” and also that the Leeds bid had been made.
A lot on the line for the chap. But this is a cunning plan. If you don’t have the readies do a deal that works down the line. Quietly impressed. https://t.co/gp9LdibiDd
— Alan Nixon (@reluctantnicko) January 16, 2020
It is a cunning plan. It’s about all that Leeds can do at the moment but it’s surely got enough upfront to pique Hull’s interest.
Is it a cunning plan that could work? Hull might want to hold onto Bowen but the player himself would surely be tempted at taking a step up and playing for a side who are odds-on to be playing in the Premier League next season under Marcelo Bielsa.
It might take a lot of pressure internally for him to force a move but the financials aren’t that far off what Hull want. And, Nixon actually took to Twitter after the story broke to say the total was £18m if Leeds go up. That pushes it even closer to the £20m they want.
It might be a slim chance and it might depend on Bowen pushing, but Orta would pull off a major transfer coup if he landed the player. And it’s certainly not an impossibility.
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